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wont accept my password to log on to email account in Thunderbird

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john
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Since the afternoon of the 4/2/2019 ,Thuunderbird wont accept my password.Tried it in safe mode same result.Iam using 64 bit windows 10 linked to Yahoo (sky Email),Account.Works on Sky account but not Thunderbird

Since the afternoon of the 4/2/2019 ,Thuunderbird wont accept my password.Tried it in safe mode same result.Iam using 64 bit windows 10 linked to Yahoo (sky Email),Account.Works on Sky account but not Thunderbird

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sfhowes
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Is your account POP or IMAP? If it's IMAP, change the servers to the Yahoo servers and change the authentication to OAuth2:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1278588

Support for OAuth with Yahoo POP accounts is available with the latest TB beta, and is expected in an upcoming release version.